NOUN | animal | plesiosaur, plesiosaurus | extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs |
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Meaning | Extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous. | |
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Synonym | plesiosaurus | |
Member of | genus Plesiosaurus | A reptile genus of suborder Plesiosauria |
Broader | archosaur, archosaurian, archosaurian reptile | Extinct reptiles including |
Spanish | plesiosauroidea, plesiosaurus |
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